Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest will be Sunday in Scotts

SCOTTS — A Southwest Michigan tradition since 2003, this year’s Southwest Michigan Community Harvest Fest will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday at Tillers International in Scotts.

The festival, a family-oriented, community celebration of good food, nutrition and sustainable living, will feature keynote speaker Patty Cantrell, of Regional Food Solutions LLC.
Cantrell will speak at 2 p.m. about cultivating healthy communities through local food.

Four bands are scheduled to perform:
• Whiskey Before Breakfast (traditional Irish music), from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Activities in the family tent will include performances by Dunuya Drum & Dance Ensemble, mask-making, face-painting, a pocket petting zoo, and workshops on creating oil pastel flower gardens and tissue paper butterflies.

Also part of the fun will be local food vendors, exhibitors and demonstrations. Gates open at 11 a.m., and admission is $10 per carload, or $1 per person for busloads of 10 or more. Admission for bicyclists is free. For more information, visit fairfoodmatters.org/harvestfest.
Directions

To find the festival from I-94, festival organizers say to follow these directions: Take Exit 85 (Galesburg exit) and drive south on 35th Street about a quarter mile to MN Avenue. Turn right for a half mile and then left onto 34th Street. Continue 21/4 miles to OP Avenue. Turn left, and the entrance sign will be a quarter mile down the road.